Public's Attitudes Are Very Similar to Those Just Before 2010 Election

For Democrats, the 2010 midterm election was like a bad dream, one not to be repeated. So here is reason for Democrats to sleep uneasily right now: Public attitudes today are remarkably similar to those that prevailed just before that election disaster.

On most traditional readings of the political mood—direction of the country, ratings of the incumbent president's job performance, economic expectations and hopes for the outcome of the November vote—the feelings today are uncannily close to those that prevailed in...